Mantra 6

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्ञपदीराक्षीरा स्वधाप्राणा महीलुका । वशा पर्जन्यपत्नी देवाँ अप्येति ब्रह्मणा

IAST Transliteration

yajñapadī́r ákṣīrāḥ svadhā́prāṇā mahī́lukā | vaśā́ párjanyapatnī́ devā́n ápyéti bráhmaṇā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With sacrifice for her footing, unmilkless, with svadhā for breath, of mighty fostering—Vaśā, the spouse of Parjanya, by brahman goes unto the gods.

Translation

Lấy tế lễ làm chỗ đặt chân, không hề thiếu sữa; lấy svadhā làm hơi thở, nuôi dưỡng mạnh mẽ. Vaśā, hiền thê của Parjanya, nhờ brahman mà đi đến cùng các thần.

Word by Word

• यज्ञपदीः: (they) having the sacrificial path / sacrificial-footed
• यज्ञपदीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: यज्ञपदिन् (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + पदिन्) अथवा यज्ञपदी (स्त्री)

• आक्षीरा: unmilked / without milk
• आक्षीरा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक; a- + क्षीर ‘milk’)

• स्वधाप्राणाः: whose life-breath is ‘svadhā’ (nourishment/oblation to Pitṛs)
• स्वधाप्राणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधाप्राण (प्रातिपदिक; स्वधा + प्राण)

• महीलुकाः: great/strong ones (fem.)
• महीलुकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महीलुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशा: the Vashā-cow (a ritual cow)
• वशा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्जन्यपत्नी: wife of Parjanya (rain-god)
• पर्जन्यपत्नी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्यपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; पर्जन्य + पत्नी)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; towards; in addition
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• एति: goes; approaches
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with sacred utterance; by prayer (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī needed).

Devata: Parjanya / Devas collectively / Vaśā as sacral medium

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

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